2nd Annual Austin Regional – Moose + Cheese = Victory!

The 1st 2nd Annual Austin Regional Grilled Cheese Invitational (The Curds of March) was held at the Austin Moose Lodge on March 14th, 2009. Even though the entire city was caught up in the craziness of SXSW over 500 cheese fiends descended on the Moose lodge to get some hot cheesey goodness.

The competition was hard fought in the cold back patio of the lodge but saw incredible sammich entries that utilized such ingredients as Donuts! Clearly the Honey Pot category of competition has struck a chord with the Austinites and this GCI continues to inspire the city of the weird.

The Austin Regional saw the inclusion of a new regional category for Texas, the Lambada (quesadilla) category.

As well as the sammiches in competition, Kraft Singles provided over 500 of their hot and fresh sammies for the crowd.

GCI pix on Flickr

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About

The Grilled Cheese Invitational (GCI) is the largest, craziest, and most exciting Grilled Cheese cooking contest in the country and is the best thing to happen to sliced cheese since sliced bread! The GCI promotes an almost scary pursuit of perfection in a Grilled Cheese Sammich and allows for amateur and professional chefs to compete side-by-side in the hopes of becoming a true Grilled Cheese Champion.

The event was created by Tim Walker in 2003, in an artist loft in Downtown Los Angeles as a competition between friends and since then, has grown into a national movement dedicated to perfecting the art of grilled cheese, with thousands of cheese fiends and regional competitions across the country.